On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 11:32 AM, <oroboyz@aol.com> wrote:
>
> That price, by my guesstimate, is in the ball park. However, this is a
> very late Herse, notice the decals rather than hand painted markings, later
> Huret derailleurs. But it does have the cranks stem, Maxi car hubs, many of
> the key parts... Who can tell about lugs & frame details?
>
> I think that bike may have been repainted and/or modernized at one point.
By the time those decals were being used the Herse cranks used hex key
chainring bolts like this:
http://www.reneherse.com/
Also, this bike has the old style Maxicar hubs without holes that were discontinued sometime in the mid 60's
Thirdly, the light looks like a Radios 16 or 18 from the 50's
Jay Hartman
Montclair NJ USA